HILL-ROM LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-30 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-16
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+179% vs 2023
Net assets
£293M
+2,436.6% vs 2023
Employees
121
-2.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£42K
-103% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HILL-ROM LIMITED 1999-08-11 → present
- SUPPORT SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED 1988-07-08 → 1999-08-11
- QUICKTAPE LIMITED 1988-05-03 → 1988-07-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,442,007 | £20,208,245 | |
| Operating profit | £1,377,111 | -£41,703 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,377,111 | -£41,703 | |
| Net profit | £1,055,299 | -£266,291 | |
| Cash | £2,218,375 | £6,188,506 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,951,849 | £293,833,331 | |
| Net assets | £11,567,945 | £293,427,413 | |
| Equity | £11,567,945 | £293,427,413 | |
| Average employees | 124 | 121 | |
| Wages | £6,935,465 | £7,162,220 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.9% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.6% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.8% | 1.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.54x | 2.86x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM Ireland Business Advisory Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- HILL-ROM LIMITED · parent
- Welch Allyn (U.K.) Ltd 100%
- Mortara Instrument Srl 100%
- Welch Allyn International Holdings Coöperatief U.A. 99.99%
- Welch Allyn Coop Holdings LLC 100%
- Welch Allyn Maquila Holdings, LLC 100%
- Welch Allyn Productos Médicos S de RL de CV 100%
- Welch Allyn Australia Pty Ltd. 100%
- Welch Allyn Canada Limited 100%
- Welch Allyn Eme, B.V. 100%
- Welch Allyn De México, S. de R.L. de C.V. 100%
- Welch Allyn GMBH 100%
- Welch Allyn International Holdings Cooperatief, UA 100%
- Welch Allyn Limited 100%
- Videomed S.R.L. (Italy) 100%
Significant events
- “The Baxter group also took a strategic decision to close our UKI Rental business by the end of December 2021, to enable focus and investment in other areas of the business, such as the continued expansion of our Global Surgical Solutions (GSS) business.”
- “As a result of prevailing market softness and the impact of internal reorganisational activities, the company experienced a decline in revenue for the financial year ended 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASCONES, Petra Margareta | Director | 2024-08-30 | Sep 1976 | Swedish |
| REES, Natasha Patricia Zilma | Director | 2023-12-07 | Sep 1981 | British |
| SMIALEK, Michal | Director | 2022-03-11 | Jul 1983 | Polish |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLI, David Bernard George | Secretary | 2008-08-08 | 2009-04-01 |
| BELLI, David Bernard George | Secretary | 1998-06-01 | 2005-04-01 |
| GITTINGS, David Michael | Secretary | 2009-04-01 | 2011-03-16 |
| KNIGHT, Graham Christopher | Secretary | 2005-04-01 | 2008-08-08 |
| NEWMAN, David Robert | Secretary | — | 1998-06-01 |
| ROSE, David | Secretary | 2019-10-04 | 2022-04-13 |
| SANDERS, Stephen | Secretary | 2011-03-16 | 2019-10-04 |
| ADEE, Faith | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-04-21 |
| ALONSO, Carlos | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2019-05-13 |
| APSEY, Rachel | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2011-03-25 |
| BELLI, David Bernard George | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2009-04-01 |
| CANAL VEGA, Francisco | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2018-01-01 |
| CID MICHAVILA, Jose Maria | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| CLANCY, Michael John | Director | — | 2005-09-30 |
| GITTINGS, David Michael | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2019-05-13 |
| GOLDNEY, Andrew Neil | Director | 2022-03-11 | 2023-12-07 |
| INFANTE, Alejandro | Director | 2012-09-28 | 2015-01-01 |
| JORGENSEN, Christian | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| KELLY, Liam | Director | 2005-12-21 | 2009-02-27 |
| MCINTYRE, Jarlath | Director | 2019-05-13 | 2022-04-12 |
| MOSS, Peter Mclauchlan Simpson | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2019-05-13 |
| NEWMAN, David Robert | Director | — | 2003-06-19 |
| PARSONS, Robert | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2009-09-21 |
| RUFFIN, Larry | Director | 2014-06-17 | 2015-08-10 |
| SMITH, Jeffrey | Director | 2005-11-16 | 2012-01-01 |
| SMITH, Leslie | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2015-01-01 |
| TARRAS-WAHLBERG, Bo Anders Caspersson | Director | 2022-03-11 | 2024-08-30 |
| WILSON, Duncan James | Director | 2017-05-10 | 2022-03-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-20 | Active |
| Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-28 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Hill-Rom Uk (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-15 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-03-11 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-01-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-13.8%
£23,442,007 £20,208,245
-
Cash
+179%
£2,218,375 £6,188,506
-
Net assets
+2,436.6%
£11,567,945 £293,427,413
-
Employees
-2.4%
124 121
-
Operating profit
-103%
£1,377,111 -£41,703
-
Profit before tax
-103%
£1,377,111 -£41,703
-
Wages
+3.3%
£6,935,465 £7,162,220
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers